|
News and Weather |
 |
selected by Kathy Wheeler, Electronic Resources Reference Librarian
Hurricane Katrina | War in Iraq | September 11 | News | Weather
A Failure
of Initiative: the Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to
Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
Centers for
Disease Control: Hurricanes
Everything Alabama: for information on
recovery efforts in Alabama
Heritage
Preservation Hurricane Katrina Updates
Katrina
Missing Persons: from the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children
Katrina Research Center
Katrina's Angels: to offer or
search for housing or jobs
Louisiana Library Association: accepts
funds for disaster relief
Mississippi
State University Libraries Hurricane Katrina Resource Guide
Online Coverage of Hurricane
Katrina
ReligionLink: Katrina
Replace
Your Vital Documents
WLOX:
News for South Mississippi
Government
Views of Iraq: background information on the war
Iraq:
latest news from the Washington Post
Special Report
Iraq: from the UK's Guardian
Special Report
on the War in Iraq: from CNN
United for Peace & Justice:
movement to stop the war in Iraq
War in Iraq: news sources from
Lexis
War on the Web: Slate.com's
guide to finding information about the war
Center
for Strategic Education September 11
C-Span:
September 11: US Response
September 11 Digital Archive
September 11 News
September
11 Resources
Africa News Online
AJR NewsLink: American Journalism
Review's site provides links to newspapers, magazines, radio and tv sites.
Alabama Live
BBC News: News from the British Broadcasting
Corporation. Brief news stories make up the first page of the site, but the
BBC provides quick access to longer articles on major issues.
Birmingham News Archives:
(Alabama) 1993 - present. Searching is free but there is a charge for the articles
Boston Globe
CBC.ca: news from the the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation. Includes world as well as Canadian news.
Chronicle of Higher Education
CNN.com
Electronic Telegraph : British newspaper.
You need to register to read the complete stories, but registration is free.
Fox News
France 24: international news. Can be read in either French or English
Global Connections: the
Middle East
Mobile
Register: USA ID for remote access. 1992 - present. Data
from 10/01 to 1/10/03 is currently unavailable
MSNBC News
Newspaper and Current Periodical
Reading Room: From the Library of Congress. Links to the world's online
journals and newspapers.
Newspapers Online: Provides access
to US and international papers, business publications, trade journals, college
and university papers, and religious publications.
Online Newspapers & Magazines:
Provides links to international sites.
Proquest Newspapers: USA ID for remote access.
Small Town Newspapers
Vanderbilt Television News Archive: registration
necessary to search the database
USA Today
World-newspapers.com: can search
by subject or choose a country.[Back to Top]
CNN
- Weather
Coast Guard Storm Center
Dr. Bill's
Marine Weather: a service of USA's Coastal Weather Research Center
Hurricane/Tropical
Data
Mobile
Weather
National Hurricane Center Web Page: Searchable.
Provides latest forecasts.
National Weather Service: Mobile
- Pensacola
NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research
Division
US Weather
The Weather Channel
Weather Underground: find the
weather by state, city, zip code or country.
The University of South Alabama Library makes no guarantees, either expressed or implied, with respect to the information available on the Internet. The Library does not monitor and has no control over the information accessed and cannot be held responsible for its content. Information on the Internet may be reliable and current or it may be inaccurate and out-of-date. The University Library is not responsible for any misuse of copyright or any other violation by the library user. Information from the Internet must be cited to avoid plagiarism. The Library has several electronic citation guides available at the Reference Desk for in-library use and some are available on the Internet -- see Style Guides for Writers.